INNISFAIL – During last Saturday’s anti-racism rally in Innisfail, many of the participants carried signs and banners in support of equality and justice.
One such person was Innisfail's Delinda Olsen, whose sign read: “Protested for Equality in the 1960s. Can’t believe we are still having to do the same in 2020.” She also wore a facemask that read: “Tolerance and Decency.”
In an interview, she said she has been a long-time supporter of peaceful protest.
“I lived outside Toronto through the assignation of Martin Luther King, Robert Kennedy and that whole period,” said Olsen. “I was protesting way back then. It was against the Vietnam War but it also became about equal rights.
“I was taught by a teacher in high school that if you are silent then you are giving tacit approval and that is what stated me on my protesting journey. You can’t be silent, because otherwise things just get shuffled under the rug.
“To me it is unbelievable that we are still doing this in 2020."
There were no reports of any violence at the Innisfail rally.
